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Trace Gas Orbiter aerobraking

Trace Gas Orbiter aerobraking


Date: 19 October 2017
Satellite: Trace Gas Orbiter
Copyright: ESA/ATG medialab

Visualisation of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter aerobraking at Mars.

With aerobraking, the spacecraft's solar array experiences tiny amounts of drag owing to the wisps of martian atmosphere at very high altitudes, which slows the craft and lowers its orbit.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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